Matt Lakis

Devoted Father and Husband. Lifelong Student. Founding Principal for Opportunity Education in DSM. Opinions are my own.

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

@TiffanyBerkenes @DesMoinesPrep @IADeptofEd @KCCINews Hi Tiffany! You can find all our data on the Iowa School Performance Profile website starting next fall. Our students need to take ISASP this spring and then our results will be posted with every other public school in the state. We look forward to celebrating our students!

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

Coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time on this app.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Ahead of his Sunday night game vs. Baltimore, NFL MVP Josh Allen will wear the first of nine custom @NewEraCap hats designed by patients at Buffalo’s Oishei Children’s Hospital. After each home game, the “Director of Billustration” will have his hat auctioned off to support the Patricia Allen Fund. This week’s hat was designed by a five-year-old patient named Jaxson, and fans can start bidding at kickoff of the game at https://t.co/95EEU9xmZ0

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Ahead of his Sunday night game vs. Baltimore, NFL MVP Josh Allen will wear the first of nine custom @NewEraCap hats designed by patients at Buffalo’s Oishei Children’s Hospital. After each home game, the “Director of Billustration” will have his hat auctioned off to support the Patricia Allen Fund. This week’s hat was designed by a five-year-old patient named Jaxson, and fans can start bidding at kickoff of the game at https://t.co/95EEU9xmZ0

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

No surprise there!

Guess what? She is an even better student and person. So happy for her!

[Woodward-Granger Activities @wgactivities]

Congratulations to Elliette Burkle for breaking the school record for the number of 3 pointers in a single game!

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

This is a great idea that will help keep some of our highest performing students in state of Iowa! ⬇️

[Des Moines Register @DMRegister]

Perfect ACT or SAT score? Iowa lawmakers want to offer you free college plus $5,000 https://t.co/4d2NqGXtP7

[James Troupis @JamesTroupis]

🤯🤯🤯 "Take a tour of Des Moines Prep"
https://t.co/jAg0BDvQUh

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

@SChapman7503 is so worthy of this award! I can attest that there is nothing Scott wouldn’t do for a student or family. Truly the definition of a selfless educator. WG is so lucky to have him and it should make us all proud to have someone like Scott representing the Hawks!

[Woodward-Granger Activities @wgactivities]

Please help us congratulate Mr. Scott Chapman on this recognition! 👏👏👏

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

@JamesTroupis 👀😂

[Mark Potash @MarkPotash]

All I need now is Pat Fitzgerald for Bingo!

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Woodward-Granger High School @wghshawks]

This morning, six WGHS students took part in their pinning ceremony for the completion of their CNA program at DMACC. Well done, Hawks!

Mr. Chapman would like you to ignore the "goon" in the middle.

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

It’s taken a lot to get to this point (and there’s still so much left to do), but I’m really proud of the progress our team has made turning Des Moines Prep into reality.

We are building something special for the students and families of Central Iowa! https://t.co/5COT1vs9f3

[Depressed Bears Fan @DepBearsFan]

Change my mind #Bears

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

I played my favorite game for 12 years. I coached it at the high school level for another 10. I can proudly admit that nothing compares to my first season coaching my oldest son. Great season for the Eagles!

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

@wgactivities All great kids and so deserving! #GoHawks

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

@JamesTroupis Ya seems semi-important but who would win on a golf course: Trump? Biden? Harris? Polymetallic nodules? That’s what the free world is dying to know… 😂

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

Not many people can say they are starting a new school. And I bet almost no one else can say they got to start their planning inside the Chicago Cubs front office.

So grateful for my new org offering such an amazing opportunity to our leadership team!

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

@MindyBuck Miss you more! But I knew you’d see this tweet 😉

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

Landed in Chicago for my first Opportunity Education leadership retreat. Can’t wait to meet and collaborate with the new team!

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

My wife Blair is being spotlighted for her entrepreneurship with her small business, Little Hands Dough Co. Amazing to see her hard work getting noticed in our community! Check out her article: https://t.co/KYizGA6Owg

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

So this is why @Eichhorn17 played 2nd?

[Matt Lakis @MattLakis]

@MindyBuck Guilty! There’s no way anyone can compare to this group of classy individuals. You know what they say: great friends are like denim - they never fade away!